SID Chip Sounds - The Music of the Commodore 64

by Various Artists

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1.	Ben Daglish - Last Ninja (Wastelands) 03:59	download
2.	Ben Daglish - Last Ninja (Wilderness) 03:58	download
3.	Ben Daglish - Trap 09:45	download
4.	Chris Hülsbeck - Giana Sisters (Intro) 03:36	download
5.	Chris Hülsbeck - Katakis (Song 3) 01:40	download
6.	David Whittaker - Glider Rider 03:31	download
7.	David Whittaker - Panther 02:59	download
8.	Tim & Geoff Follin - Gauntlet III (1) 02:16	download
9.	Tim & Geoff Follin - Gauntlet III (2) 01:31	download
10.	Tim Follin - LED Storm 01:53	download
11.	Jeroen Tel - Cybernoid 2 06:16	download
12.	Martin Galway - Comic Bakery 03:11	download
13.	Martin Galway - Parallax 11:25	download
14.	Martin Galway - Arkanoid 02:24	download
15.	Matt Gray - Dominator (Song 2) 03:52	download
16.	Matt Gray - Last Ninja II (Song 2) 05:39	download
17.	Rob Hubbard - Commando 03:55	download
18.	Rob Hubbard - Sanxion 05:32	download

about

“When people talk about “Commodore 64 music”, it’s easy to forget they’re not talking about a style: they’re talking about a delivery mechanism for music. What that convenient phrase hides is the sheer amount of originality and creativity that went into creating the music for games and demos on the Commodore 64. Composers were limited to three voices at once and often didn’t even see the game before having to compose the music! It’s pretty well documented that humans are at their best when overcoming limitations or under deadline, and the classic C64 composers pared music to its essence. They had their own sounds, and their own way of playing them. And since they were pioneers, the only experience they could bring was from a rich diversity of other musical genres: everything from Bluegrass to Funk to Electronica to Punk.

It was a short window of time when musicians ruled the roost, and people loved them for it. We’ll never see it again.“

Chris Abbott (www.c64audio.com)

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released 20 February 2012
(C)+(P)2012 Robot Elephant Records, London
Reproduced by Robot Elephant Records with permission.

Thanks very much to Ben Daglish, Chris Huelsbeck, David Whittaker, Tim Follin, Geoff Follin, Martin Galway, Matt Gray, Rob Hubbard,
Gareth Main & special thanks to Chris Abbott at C64 Audio (www.c64audio.com). Without his help the compilation would definitely not be possible.
Anthony & Sebastian @ Robot Elephant Records.

Artwork by Joseph Bichard (joebichard.com)

Robot Elephant Head by Mark Gamble (secretlyswedish.com)

All tracks are recorded from original SID Chip hardware by various people and remastered for vinyl + digital by Frank Merritt at Carvery Cuts (carverycuts.com/home/)

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